reddening

present participle of redden
as in blushing
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile

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Recent Examples of reddening The front lawn falls steeply away from the house and on down to the fence, a garden overgrown with reddening watsonias. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Visible light has been shown to trigger erythema, or skin reddening, in lighter skin. Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reddening
Verb
  • And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The kid wore birthday glasses and shook his head at each shot, blushing.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In addition to fresh drinking water reserves, Lindsey recommends storing buckets of water prior to the storm for flushing toilets.
    Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The bathroom is situated on the opposite side of the house to the living room, and includes a shower, a sink, and a flushing toilet.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the extreme pressure and friction of the move compresses the air molecules in front of Starship, creating a glowing plasma that is the signature of the stretch of flight known as reentry.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Each of these creatures of light multiplied into subqueries and side queries, a glowing menagerie of exotic life-forms crisscrossing the void, their wakes and ripples gradually illuminating the entirety of the submarine cave.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Reddening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reddening. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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